Hose coupling



HOSE COUPLING APPLICATION man MAY 26 WILLIA Patented fiat 17, 19 22.

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HOSE COUPLING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1920..

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Application filed. May 26, 1920. Serial No. 384,373.

To zzwho izm 01mm; pling. Said housing portions are sep Be it known that I, ALLEN l/VILLIAMS, a arated from the main portions by notches; citizen of the United States of America, reas indicated at 22, the notches being arsiding at Brady, in the county of McCulranged in a common transverse plane and loch and State of Texas, have invented new being spanned by the enclosed tongues 19 so and useful Improvements in Hose Couplings, that while the said tongues are protected of which the following is a specification. by the housings against contact with adja- The object of the invention is to provide cent objects tending to displace the same a coupling adapted for joining the extremiand disengage the latches from the comple- 0 ties of hose sections or for attaching a cap mental member of the coupling, said or closure to a nozzle or faucet under conditongues are accessible through the notches tions providing for the use thereof Without by an operating tool such as that indicated altering the f rm f hose onn tions and in Figure 5 to efiect the simultaneous dewherein a water tight joint may be formed pression of the tongues and hence the disen- 5 without the inconvenience and loss of time gagement of the ends or the latches from incident to an adjustment of a threaded conthe other member of the coupling. Said nection and with these objects in view, the operating tool consists of a shank 23 having invention consists in the construction and a bearing member 24 and a complemental combination of parts, of which a preferred fieXible element 25 adapted to be extended 20 embodiment is shown in the accompanying through the notches for engagement with drawings, wherein the tongues, the reduced extremities of said Figure 1, is a side view of a coupling emflexible member being provided with rings bodying the invention. 26 engaged by hooks 27 on slotted arms 28 Figure 2, is a detail longitudinal sectional connected with a carrier 29 disposed within 25 view of the same. easy reach of a grip 30 carried by the end of Figure 3, is a transverse section on the the shank, so that the operator may grasp plane indicated by the line 33 of Figure 1. the grip and cross head of the carrier to so Figure 1, is a view of the coupling as apcause the relative clasping movement of the plied to a hydrant closure or cap. bearing elements 2% and 25 to contact with 0 Figures 5 and 6 are detail views respecthe tongues of the coupling latches to distively of operating tools adapted for use in engage the latter from the other member of tightening and loosening the engaging and the coupling. disengaging members of the coupling. In the modified construction of tool illus- The device consists essentially of the male trated in Figure 6, the shank 31 is provided 35 and female members 10 and 11 between the with a terminal hook 32 for engagement with extremities of each of which and an abutthe extremity c t a flexible element 33 atj ting shoulder 12 of the male member is intached at the other end of an intermediate tel-posed a washer or gasket 13 of rubber or portion of the shank, and having disposed like compressible or yielding material, said the flexible element in the notches through 40 members respectively carrying spring actuwhich the tongues of the latches are exated latches 1 k and sockets 15 for engage posed, the swinging movementof the handle ment b the noses 16 of the latches. In the or shank in the direction indicated by the construction illustrated, the latches of which arrow in Figure 6 will cause a contraction of any desired number may be employed are the flexible element necessary to etieot the 45 pivoted as at 17 within housings 18 which disengagement of the latches.

encircle the coupling member upon which The attachability of the coupling to a hythe latches are mounted, the rearwardly eX drant or faucet cap or closure is shown in tending tongues 19 of said latches being re- Figure 4 of the drawings, wherein 35 repreceived respectively in the tail portions 20 sents the hydrant stock having a nozzle 36 50 of the housing and bein engaged by springs carrying housings 37 and latches 38 corre- 21 which serve to yielc ingly maintain the sponding with those hereinbefore described latches in engagingrelation withthe annular for engagement with a cap or closure 39 socket 15 of the other member of the couadapted to be fitted over the end of the nozzle and flexibly connected With the hydrant stop bymeans of a retaining chain 40 orthe equiyalent thereof The invention having been 'dscrihe'd,vvhat is claimed as new and useful is A coupling having male and femalememhers of which one is provided with "a=plurality of axially disposed housings spaced uniformly around its periphery, a pli'i'rality of latches provided with rearward extendingtongues enclosed vvithimsai'dhousings,

pivot pins spanning the side alls of the housings, and pivot/ally inonnting said latches whose ends remote from the tongues common transverse plane With notches exposing spanning portions of the latch tongues whereby a Wrench may be applied to all of said tongues simultaneously to re- In testimony whereof he aflixes his signature.

ALLEN WILLIAMS. 

